Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-05-07
NO. /.
state News.

one family living in it and some Of
them have two or three.
United States Marshall Sehon has
appointed Grant Stout Deputy Unit.
ed States Marshall for West Virgin
in in place of Capt Mehen, who re-
signed to be Chief of Police OF Par
kegsburg.
Capt. John Peters, of Buckeye,
Pocahontas county, brought raft
of Is 600 feet Of walnut boards, last
Sunday, down the Greenbrier 60
Roncevcrte, a distance Of 62 miles,
in eight hours and forty minutes.
The Charleston papers say the
/ freshet in Poca river, last Thursday,
caused loss of 100000. The
flood cleared the river from source
to mouth of the booms, which held
many thousands Of logs, ties, slaves,
| etc.
Louis Bowman, u young man en-
ployed ut the Ensign Car Works.
Huntington, met with painful nc
cident on Saturday. While engag-
ed in work an augur bit | 1 inches in
diameter was run through his arm,
making a terrible wound.
The contracts for furnishing flour
and beef for the Insane Hospital
were let q few days ago Melvin &
Goodman, Of Rockford. Harrison
county, were awarded the contract
for the flour for 6 month Mt $6.l5
per barrel, and James G. Wander
wort, of Weston, is to furnish beef
for one year at s. per pound. There
was u large number Of bidders for
both contracts
Lewis and Jules yiquesney, M.
j. Corrck and Michael O'Connor,
who are charged with barn burning,
in Randolph county, had prelini-
nary hearing Tuesday before Squire
Dewitt, ~ Beverly. Corrick wasre-
quired to give bail in the sum of
$1,000 for his appearance at the
next term of the Circuit Court. The
Others We're held in penalty Of
$4,000 each. la default of bail they
were remandsd to Jail.
Capt. Sheppard shot and killed
very remarkable waterfowl last
Tuesday in Greenbrier river The
fowl was Of the web.footed species.
with straight bill 1t measured
four feet five inches from tip to tip.
The predominating coloris brown
ish black, interspersed with small
white spots. On the breast and un
der the wings it is Of snowy white
ness, and it wears white collar
around its neck. The feet measure
four inches across.
There was an ugly cutting scrape
in the upper part Of Parkersburg
Wednesday evening, in which a
young boy named Gilbert got an ug-
ly slash alongside the head. 1t APP
pears two young fellows named Star
and Gilbert fell out, and Star made
lunge at Gilbert with knife ,strik-
ing his head back Of the ear and
cutting a severe cash, but the skull
bone prevented the blade from PEN
etrating the brain. The boys were
about 10 or Ii years of age.
Last Friday, Stark, the three
year-old son of John Fansler, who
lives a few miles west of Beverly,
Randolph county, was struck by
rolling log and almost instantly kill
ed. Mr.. Fansler was rolling logs in
his clearing and was not aware that
the child was In the field. However.
he started the log, when to his as
constituent he saw his son farther
down the hill in the path of the log,
and quickly sprang after the log and
seized it, but to no purpose, as it
was rotton and snapped in twain
and about half of it bounded
down the hill and struck the boy,
jammed him against and other log
and crushed the life out of him.
Webster Flemming, who lives
about mile and half from Web
ter, Taylor county, meet with a ser
ious accident, Monday, the result of
which is still doubtful. He saddled
a very high spirited horse with the
intention of riding to town, when,
just before mounting, the animal
took fright at a tin bucket handed
to the young man by his mother and
wheeling like lightning, gave Flem-
ming a terrible kick with both hind
feet in the pit ofthe stomach, stretch
ing him senseless on the ground.